Author Archives: Miguel Arroz

Retrospect w8

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Miguel Arroz

There’s a rule of thumb for software development: make it, make it good, make it fast. For those unfamiliar with it, this means you should first build the core functionality of the software. Then, fix it’s bugs and make it … Continue reading →

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My walkman

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Miguel Arroz

Some of its features: Unlimited songs! No DRMs! Listen and record to whatever you want, legal or not! Just play it. Or record it! Social features: Share your music! Plug two headphone sets, enjoy your favorite tunes with a friend, … Continue reading →

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WebObjects, PostgreSQL and DB growing, and growing, and growing…

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Miguel Arroz

One of the databases that support our application has some tables where data is updated very frequently. In PostgreSQL world, this means the table must be vacuumed very frequently to remove the old versions of the updated rows, clearing up … Continue reading →

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WWDC 2009

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Miguel Arroz

Contrarily to WOWODC, I didn’t like WWDC at all this year. Some reasons for that were: The IT track (the one that is of most interest for me) was very poor on this WWDC edition. There were a few talks … Continue reading →

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WWDC 2009 (Keynote)

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Miguel Arroz

I found most of the keynote announcements interesting. The hardware upgrades on the MacBook Pros were cool. First, Apple seemed to acknowledge that the difference between the unibody MacBook and the MacBook Pro was not strong enough, so the MacBook … Continue reading →

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FireFox 3: the evaluation order bug is back

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Miguel Arroz

A few months ago, I wrote about a Javascript evaluation order bug I hit on Firefox 3. I managed to create a workaround and everything was going fine. I assumed the bug had been fixed on the subsequent minor releases … Continue reading →

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WebObjects, SSL, Apache 2.2, FreeBSD problems

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Miguel Arroz

I still didn’t have time to investigate this deeply, but here goes anyway, as I didn’t find the answer to this anywhere. I had the problem described in the Apache 2.2 adaptor: SSL fails on FreeBSD amd64 thread in the … Continue reading →

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Apple 2009 wish list

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Miguel Arroz

It’s a brand new year. So here’s my wish list for Apple: Please fix the wireless driver that causes my Mac to crash about 10% of the times I turn Airport off. Please fix the trackpad driver, or whatever is … Continue reading →

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